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Frémeaux

Harmonica Blues - Mississippi-Memphis-Chicago; 1927-1941

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Frémeaux
Released
Jan 01, 1995
Catalog #
FA040
UPC
3448960204026

About

(2-CD set) The harmonica, thanks to the blues, today enjoys immense favour and has become an essential feature of the current popular-music scene. This collection traces the evolution of the harmonica in the black music of prewar America, from minstrel shows through to Chicago blues. It includes an extremely practical technical study for harmonica players. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Shortnin' Bread 02:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Shortnin' Bread
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Bobbie Leecan
    Performer
    Robert Cooksey, Alfred Martin, Bobbie Leecan, Eddie Edinborough
  3. 2 Muscle Shoals Blues 03:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Muscle Shoals Blues
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    De Ford Bailey
    Performer
    De Ford Bailey
  4. 3 Pan American Blues 02:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Pan American Blues
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    De Ford Bailey
    Performer
    De Ford Bailey
  5. 4 Blue Harmonica 03:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Blue Harmonica
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Bobbie Leecan
    Performer
    Robert Cooksey
  6. 5 Kansas City Blues 02:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Kansas City Blues
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Euday L. Bowman
    Performer
    Will Shade
    Ensemble
    Memphis Jug Band
  7. 6 Bay Rum Blues 02:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Bay Rum Blues
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    El Watson
    Performer
    El Watson
  8. 7 Riding the Blinds 02:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Riding the Blinds
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Eddie Mapp
    Performer
    Eddie Mapp
  9. 8 Devil in the Woodpile 02:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Devil in the Woodpile
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Noah Lewis
    Performer
    Noah Lewis
  10. 9 Mean Low Blues 03:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Mean Low Blues
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    James Simons
    Performer
    James Simons
  11. 10 Save Me Some 02:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Save Me Some
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Jed Davenport
    Performer
    Jed Davenport
  12. 11 Beale Street Breakdown 02:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    Beale Street Breakdown
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Jed Davenport
    Performer
    Jed Davenport
  13. 12 Man Trouble 03:04
    Track
    12
    Title
    Man Trouble
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Jaybird Coleman
    Performer
    Jaybird Coleman
  14. 13 Mississippi Swamp Moan 03:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    Mississippi Swamp Moan
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Alfred Lewis
    Performer
    Alfred Lewis
  15. 14 Ticket Agent Blues 02:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ticket Agent Blues
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Alfred Lewis
    Performer
    Noah Lewis, Yank Rachell, Ham Lewis, John Adam Estes
  16. 15 Weary Worried Blues 02:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Weary Worried Blues
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Son Bonds, Hammie Nixon
    Performer
    Son Bonds, Hammie Nixon
  17. 16 Trouble Trouble Blues 03:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    Trouble Trouble Blues
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Son Bonds, Hammie Nixon
    Performer
    Son Bonds, Hammie Nixon
  18. 17 Sarah Jane 03:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    Sarah Jane
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Jazz Gillum
    Performer
    Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy
  19. 18 Field Mouse Stomp 03:10
    Track
    18
    Title
    Field Mouse Stomp
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Will Shade, Minnie Wallace
    Performer
    Minnie Wallace, Will Shade, Harry Chatmon, Son Joe
  20. Disc 2
  21. 1 Insurance Policy Blues 02:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    Insurance Policy Blues
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Smith, Harper
    Ensemble
    Harper and Smith
  22. 2 Prisoner's Blues 03:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Prisoner's Blues
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    George Clarke
    Performer
    George Clarke
  23. 3 Just Like Jesse James 02:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Just Like Jesse James
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Jazz Gillum
    Performer
    Jazz Gillum, George Barnes, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Brown, Alfred Elkins
  24. 4 Sweet Sweet Woman 02:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sweet Sweet Woman
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Jazz Gillum
    Performer
    Jazz Gillum, George Barnes, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Brown, Alfred Elkins
  25. 5 Grief Will Kill You 02:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    Grief Will Kill You
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Buddy Doyle, Walter Horton
    Performer
    Buddy Doyle, Walter Horton
  26. 6 Lost Baby Blues 02:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lost Baby Blues
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Buddy Doyle, Walter Horton
    Performer
    Buddy Doyle, Walter Horton, Homesick James
  27. 7 Sugar Mama Blues, No. 2 03:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sugar Mama Blues, No. 2
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Williamson
    Performer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, Walter Davis, Big Bill Broonzy
  28. 8 You Can't Stop Me from Drinking 02:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    You Can't Stop Me from Drinking
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Peetie Wheatstraw, Rhythm Willie
    Performer
    Peetie Wheatstraw, Lee Brown, Rhythm Willie, Lonnie Johnson
  29. 9 Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown 02:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Sonny Terry
    Performer
    Sonny Terry, Bull City Red
  30. 10 Bedroom Stomp 02:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Bedroom Stomp
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Rhythm Willie
    Performer
    Rhythm Willie
  31. 11 Hobo Blues 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Hobo Blues
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell
    Performer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell, William Mitchell, Robert Brown
  32. 12 Mattie Mae Blues 03:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mattie Mae Blues
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Williamson
    Performer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, William Mitchell
  33. 13 Three Women Blues 03:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Three Women Blues
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Frank Edwards
    Performer
    Frank Edwards
  34. 14 What Will I Do? 03:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    What Will I Do?
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Robert Nighthawk, Joe McCoy
    Performer
    Joe McCoy, Robert Nighthawk
  35. 15 She's Leaving Me 02:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    She's Leaving Me
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Robert Nighthawk, Walter Vincson
    Performer
    Walter Vinson, Robert Nighthawk
  36. 16 Uncle Sam Done Called 05:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    Uncle Sam Done Called
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Leroy Williams
    Performer
    Leroy Williams, Willie Brown
  37. 17 Lou Della Blues 02:50
    Track
    17
    Title
    Lou Della Blues
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell
    Performer
    Yank Rachell, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Brown, Alfred Elkins
  38. 18 She Don't Love Me That Way 02:42
    Track
    18
    Title
    She Don't Love Me That Way
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Williamson
    Performer
    Sonny Boy Williamson, Joe McCoy, John Davis, Robert Brown, Alfred Elkins